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This Ayahuasca trip I am referring to is not my own this time. A good friend of mine approached me with the desire to chronicle his journey of the sacred plant medicine, and I jumped at the idea. I am eager…

The last three and a half months, my backpack has been emptied (for the most part) and I have been in Ecuador living and working at a retreat center; Gaia Sagrada Ayahuasca retreat center, the same place that I visited a…

“The Sweat Lodge Ceremony, now central to most Native American cultures and spiritual life, is an adaptation of the sweat bath common to many ethnic cultures found in North and South America, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, and Africa. It…

A charming, picturesque town called Villa de Leyva lies 150 km north of Bogota. It is an easy 4 hour bus ride away. There are a couple direct buses daily from Bogota. Otherwise, there a slew of buses per day to a…

Yes. Bogota, Colombia is safe. I often got asked this when voicing my plans to travel here, which is somewhat understandable due to the country’s 50 year civil war. Yet this is an all too common question I receive when traveling…

Packing for any trip can be a bit overwhelming; this backpacking packing list hopes to help with that. Traveling or backpacking can include any scope of time from weeks to months to years as well as many diverse climates, depending…

A summer road trip (or any trip) does not have to be planned or foreseen. The best adventures are those that are unexpected or unanticipated. Surrender and let your heart and the road take you. This is where the wind took…

“Many, if not most, realms of life in Taos revolve around women…as women have always been part of the creative culture of Taos……It’s a somewhat surprising fact to some that feminine energy can thrive in such an isolated and sometimes…

Another adventure has begun, and it has been a month already. This time it is on the road, in a van. Her name is Ollie. I am roadtripping around the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon) seeing where the…